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Unire lerares rar LYMAN HYDE, or` ELLENVILLE, New ifonK, AssieNou 'ro ELLENVILLE Grass COMPANY,

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MACHINE FOR FINISHING CARBOYS.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN HYDE, ot Ellenville, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Finishing Carboys; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, .in whichl Figure l, is a longitudinal vertical section ot' my invention taken in the line a", m, Fig. 3. Fig. 2, is a transverse vertical section of ditto taken in the line y, y, Fig. 3. Fig. 3, is aplan or top view of ditto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to enable heads, similar to those-on the necks of bottles and small glass vessels to be formed on the ends of the necks of carboys and other large glass vessels of similar or approximate forni. Large vessels of this sort have hitherto been unfinished as it is technically termed, that is to say, the ends of: the necks have been left plain without head or finish in consequence of the inability of the workman to reach the neck of the carboy, and perform the necessary work, the finish on the vessels being hitherto done eX clusively by manual operation.

The within described invention consists in connecting a treadle or lever to the ordinary f shears or tool by which the head is formed or the work finished and having a furnace placed in the frame of the device and in such relation with the shears, that while the latter are performing their work, the carboy or vessel being operated upon, will be prevented from suddenly cooling, contracting and consequently breaking.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a rectangular frame in which a furnace B, is placed, and C, represents the shears, or forming device which molds or gives the form to the head at the end of the neck of the bottle. These shears are constructed as usual, a jaw a, being on each end of' a bent spring D, and a mandrel placed between the two jaws, said mandrel being of conical form 'and having a collar or stop c, at its base, see more particularly 23,063, datedFebruary 22, 1859.

Fig. 3. The spring D, has a tendency to Vkeep the aws a, a, apart.

each, and to the center of each arm E, the` ends of a strap or cord c, are secured, the lower part of said strap being attached to a treadle F, which has its f'ulcrum at f. On the upper part of the frame A, and in line with the mandrel b, of the shears two bearings g, g, are placed, the use of which will be presently explained.

The operation is as ollowstm'lhe carboy is formed precisely as usual, viz., by means of the blowing` tube and marver and when finished it is immediately disconnected from the tube and a ponty '/L, is attached to its bottoni, and a roll` of glass placed around the neck to form the head. The ponty 72, is then iitted in the bearings g, g, of the frame A, the carboy c', shown in red outline being over the furnace B, and the mandrel l), being within the mouth of t-he carboy i. The operator turns `the ponty 71., in its bearings g, g, and depresses the treadle F, with his foot, the depressing of the treadlc causing the arms E, E, to approach each other in consequence of the connection formed by the strap or cord c, and the aws a, c, grasp the roll ont glass around the mouth or neck of the carboy and the head 7:, will be formed thereon. lThe furnace B, prevents the carboy from cooling while the head c, is being formed.

By this invention carboys may be finished equally as well as bottles and other small vessels. Bottles are blown and properly formed by the aid of the marver then detached from the blowing` tube a ponty attached to its back end and the finish done by hand the shears being held in the hand and operated by them while the other is employed in turning the ponty on the arms of the chair. Bottles being small may be readily manipulated, the neck of the bottle being within the reach of the operator, they also may be quickly finished so that they are not liable to cool and crack before being placed in the annealing furnace. Carboys however being large and comparatively thin at the sides of their bodies are liable to cool and crack While being finished, it is therefore necessary that they be operated upon and finished over the furnace B.

By having the shears C, arranged and 5 connected to the treadle F, as shown, the dilicult-y Which prevents the forming the head or finish 7c, directly by hand is obviated or not encountered.

I would remark that a box A, is placed 10 below the shears to hold the Wax with which the shears are lubricated previous to each/w C, for they have been previously used; but,

Having` thusl described niy invention, what 15V I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

rlhe shears C, treadle F, or its equivalent, (mandrel b) and furnace B, placed Within a suitable frame A, and arranged for 20 joint operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LYMAN HYDE.

J. R. GILBRT. 

